The Christmas season is well and truly under way. Retailers are busily showcasing their annual Christmas adverts - and Asda has certainly made an impression with its whimsical, animated adventure In the pun-filled clip, two supermarket workers enlist the help of dozens of charming gnomes to get the store ready for the festive season after complaining that 'every road between …
Even by the standards of the theatrical silly season that accompanies the advent of Christmas, Backstairs Billy is a thoroughly frivolous thing. Penelope Wilton delights in the central role of the Queen Mother, imperiously bossing about her butler Billy in a comedy that’s as whimsical as the beaded, veiled hats atop her head. Still, there’s a ticking brain underneath this …
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